Housing
Mission Local tracks San Francisco’s housing crisis: who the city builds for, who gets displaced, and what happens to the people left in between.
S.F. supervisor announces plan to create new department of housing
Myrna Melgar wants to pull the housing department out of the mayor’s office — as well as kick-start a co-op program and a bike lane rollout.
Affordable housing
S.F. supervisor seeks to bar evictions for less than a month’s unpaid rent
Supervisor Jackie Fielder’s legislation is co-sponsored by five supervisors and supported by the mayor
Future low-income senior housing at 1234 Great Highway still a Motel 6 for now
Preliminary project permits for 1234 Great Highway in the Sunset were resubmitted. But the project is still “on hiatus.”
San Francisco cuts affordable housing requirement from 15% to 5%
The Board of Supervisors voted to reduce the rate after the city controller warned new housing was too difficult to build.
Bernal neighbors welcome Supervisor Fielder at first town hall since her return
Fielder said she’s proposing amendments for the Mission District to a legislation that cuts inclusionary rates across the city.
Homelessness
(Sub)Urban Alchemy: Safe-streets nonprofit ventures into San Francisco’s Westside
The nonprofit started patrolling a small stretch of the Outer Richmond in mid-August. So far, its ambassadors largely appear to be moving homeless people along.
Both California and San Francisco passed drug-free housing bills. How would they coexist?
State legislators just approved a new bill that will open up drug-free housing across the state. So did SF, in July. How will they interact?
S.F. removes peer counselors from street crisis teams amid pleas to keep them
Peer counselors will come off Street Crisis Response teams this week, replaced by paramedics
Planning and inspection
Uncle Walter’s Mystery House: Mission Local’s exclusive tour
Secret passageways, a secret floor — the former inner sanctum of deposed fixer Walter Wong is full of strange and terrible surprises
Sam Devdhara is making money at the bottom of S.F.’s housing market
In the world of affordable housing, single-room-occupancy hotels are among the most distressed—and Sam Devdhara knows how to renovate them.
Time’s up at DoubleTime: S.F. halts unpermitted excavation at Mission St. gas station
California gave gas station owners 12 years to replace old tanks. This Mission District station was past due, and digging without permits.
S.F. teacher housing at 18th and Mission is on ice, emails show
The project, which was set to bring 63 units of housing for teachers, has been on paused for over a year. It’s unclear how it will proceed.
‘Fix this place:’ For residents at Alice Griffith, S.F. settlement brings mixed emotions
$9M settlement will force public housing landlords to pay for major property improvements. Tenants say they’re owed compensation too.
‘It’s called being in prison:’ San Francisco has a broken-elevator problem
About 3,000 buildings in San Francisco have just one elevator. When they break down, it can be hell for senior and disabled residents.
Owner of S.F.’s rodent-infested Alice Griffith housing complex to pay $9M settlement
Mission Local’s reporting helped prompt investigation culminating in $9 million settlement, says City Attorney David Chiu.
YIMBY leaders give Mayor Lurie a B- on housing. Mayor Mamdani? He gets an A-.
San Francisco YIMBY leader describes ‘slowly festering irritation’ with Mayor Daniel Lurie.
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